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Captain Henry Middleton, who had sailed on the first voyage with his brother John, led the expedition in the 'Red Dragon' again with the 'Hector'(Capt Surfleet), 'Ascension'(Capt Colthurst), and 'Susan'. Arriving at Bantam, the 'Hector' and 'Susan' loaded pepper and set out for home but [http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139266 'Susan' was lost] on the way. The 'Red Dragon' and 'Ascension' proceeded to Amboyna hoping to establish a factory. They were unable to do so however due to opposition from the Dutch. The 'Ascension' then went to Banda while Middleton took the 'Red Dragon' to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternate Ternate] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidore Tidore] where trading was permitted and a cargo of pepper obtained. He called at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makian Makian] but Dutch objections prevented him from establishing a factory at Ternate though he obtained some cloves. The' Red Dragon' and 'Ascension' set sail for home but became separated en route. Middleton found the 'Hector' at Saldanha and the two ships arrived in England at the same time with 'Ascension' following later. The profit on first two voyages was reported as 95% on the capital. An account of the voyage is given in [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tCwwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA191&dq=the+period+of+this+voyage+being+estimated+for+twenty+months&hl=en&ei=_D3tTI2nBdC2hAf-_eXMDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=the%20period%20of%20this%20voyage%20being%20estimated%20for%20twenty%20months&f=false A general history and collection of voyages and travels Vol 8 page 191] (Google Books).